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San Francisco, California, Us

Clients include: @BlockPower, @ZenoMath, and @BlackHealthCommission

New York, Ny, Us

Hearst is a global, media and technology company, with 20,000 employees and 11B in annual revenue. I led DEI talent acquisition and development strategies.Built a talent pipeline of 1,000+ diverse candidates through partnerships with ALPFA, Baruch College, Chronically Capable, and other communities. Hired 50 pipeline candidates in 18 months. Developed partnerships with NABJ, NAHJ, AAJA, and NLGJA, increasing the number of diverse applicants. I led an NAHJ panel of journalists and editors to discuss opportunities to increase the number of Hispanics in media. The event highlighted our Hispanic leaders and increased NAHJ job applicants. Created a partnership with Howard University, to reimagine its iconic newspaper, The Hilltop. The teams re-engineered the site, taught digital storytelling to 250+ students and faculty, and identified new revenue streams. Hearst’s pipeline of Howard University talent doubled and graduates were hired across businesses, including into the prestigious Hearst Journalism Fellowship.Led Hearst's partnership with the T. Howard Foundation. We doubled our class size, engaged 100+ Hearst employees, and, hired 25% of our interns. NPS was 9.5 out of 10. At the end of the summer, Hearst was invited to join the T. Howard Foundation Board.

New York, Ny, Us

iCrossing is a digital media agency with 900 employees in the Americas and EMEA. Member of the global leadership team that transformed iCrossing from a media agency to a full-service marketing agency.Led and coached a 10-person global team. Designed engagement surveys, analyzed data, executed action plans that expanded L&D opportunities, introduced lattice career pathing, mentoring, and a global volunteer experience. These programs contributed to a 15% year-over-year increase in engagement. Developed and led the agency's first DEI strategy that included leadership and employee communication and education, ERGs, goals and metrics, and a speaker series that featured thought leaders Jennifer Brown and Arwa Mahdawi. Led annual compensation processes including a pay analysis of under-represented talent and plans to eliminate pay inequities. Oversaw global TA. Implemented Greenhouse ATS which reduced unconscious bias and improved assessment skills through training, developing consistent criteria, diverse hiring panels, and objective evaluation metrics. Decreased time to hire by 15% in six months.

New York, Us

Interbrand is a branding consultancy known for its influential Best Global Brands report. The agency has 1,000 employees in 20 offices in the US, LatAm, EMEA, and APAC. Member of the global leadership team responsible for digital transformation across the organization. $80M annual revenue.Developed people and culture strategies and led a 20-person diverse, global talent team. Introduced talent review and succession-management planning, that focused on key roles, high-potential and diverse talent, and identifying and preparing successors for new responsibilities. The agency promoted employees to lead ten offices, significantly reducing external recruitment costs and risk. Increased employee participation in structured learning by 20% with new partners including LinkedIn Learning, LifeLabs Learning, and Mind Gym. Introduced group mentoring for high-potential employees. Identified development opportunities and personal coaches for current and future leaders.Redesigned performance review from an annual event to focus on quarterly coaching, feedback, and goal setting. After delivering in-person training to China, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore, the percentage of APAC employees receiving performance and career coaching tripled. Developed a global mobility program that boosted employee transfers by 50%, providing growth opportunities and retention strategies for employees in offices including Singapore, Shanghai, Paris, Zurich, London, San Francisco, and New York.Led talent and marketing teams to create and execute a social media strategy that increased Interbrand's LinkedIn Talent Brand Index by 60%.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Jack Morton Worldwide is a global experiential and digital marketing agency with 600 employees in the US, LatAm, and EMEA. $50M revenue.Hired to build the first HR and Recruiting team to support 5 offices and to guide the agency navigate a shift from tactical event production to strategic experiential marketing. Managed a team of 10, HR, recruiting, and, operations professionals. Led all people and culture initiatives to create a less hierarchical, more people-centric culture. Redesigned sales commission plans to allow for more equitable distribution of variable compensation and reduce overall compensation costs by 10%

Dublin 2, Ie

Recruited to Accenture’s BPO technology practice to pitch new business and lead client relationships. Produced the first global performance management and compensation analysis ($420 million) of 11,000 employees in 20 offices, leading to greater consistency in policies and processes across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Developed change-management, communication, and workforce-integration plans to transfer and onboard 1,000+ employees.

M.A., Psychology

B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Psychology